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Welsh Restaurant Served Double Whisky to Two-Year-Old Celebrating His Birthday (U.K.)
AP ^ | October 12, 2012 | AP

Posted on 10/11/2012 11:08:29 AM PDT by DogByte6RER

Welsh restaurant Frankie and Benny's served booze to toddler

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A RESTAURANT chain has apologised for accidentally serving alcohol to a toddler in Wales, calling it a case of human error.

The BBC reported that two-year-old Sonny Rees was taken to a hospital emergency room after drinking whisky at his second birthday party at a Frankie and Benny's restaurant in Swansea.

His mother, Nina Rees, said he was clearly intoxicated. She said she tasted his drink, which was supposed to be lime juice and water, after noticing that he was making a funny face.

"It was whisky, I would say a double. As soon as I sipped it I had the slight burny feeling in my throat and warming in my chest," she said.

"Sonny had taken about 10 sips - he was obviously intoxicated."

At the hospital, the staff monitored his vital signs and later gave him the all-clear.

Frankie and Benny's said it was extremely sorry for Saturday's incident and is looking into what systems need to be put in place to ensure that it does not happen again.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailytelegraph.com.au ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: alcohol; birthdayparty; booze; hangover; headstart; napl; parenting101; toddler; wales; whiskey; whisky
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To: Oratam

yeah...cheap bastards. I remember paying 5 pounds for a small bit of 30 year old Highland Park.


41 posted on 10/11/2012 2:54:04 PM PDT by gr8eman (Ron Swanson for President!)
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To: DogByte6RER

He’s guarding that drink.


42 posted on 10/11/2012 3:01:17 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: gr8eman

Ordering a mixed drink over there is the equivalent of ordering dinner a la carte. Whoa! Stick to beer, local ones in particular. They have some exceptional ones.


43 posted on 10/11/2012 4:58:14 PM PDT by Oratam
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To: DogByte6RER; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
You know what Ted Kennedy called a whisky-drinking two-year-old?

A late starter!


44 posted on 10/11/2012 9:24:40 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: DogByte6RER; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows; Joe 6-pack; JoeProBono; Daffynition

An’ ‘e slept like a beby....


45 posted on 10/12/2012 12:19:44 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Obama likes to claim credit for getting Osama. Why hasn't he tried Khalid Sheikh Mohammed yet?)
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To: DogByte6RER
Would you deny a double shot to a midget based on body weight?


46 posted on 10/12/2012 12:31:20 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Obama likes to claim credit for getting Osama. Why hasn't he tried Khalid Sheikh Mohammed yet?)
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To: DogByte6RER; Tax-chick

Is that the mom sitting to the kid’s right? Looks like she’s dressed up as a liquor bottle label, haha. That’s not Sonny’s first sip.


47 posted on 10/12/2012 12:34:39 AM PDT by Ezekiel (The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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To: DogByte6RER

Methinks Master Rees will grow up to be a proper Welshman.


48 posted on 10/12/2012 12:35:39 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: Slings and Arrows
You're gonna drive me to drink


49 posted on 10/12/2012 12:56:49 AM PDT by Daffynition (Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
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To: a fool in paradise

50 posted on 10/12/2012 12:57:53 AM PDT by Daffynition (Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
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To: MuttTheHoople
Americans pretty much drank beer instead of water until the eighteen hundreds - kids alike. What did they drink on the Mayflower? Beer. JUST beer.

We're getting to a point where if your kid takes a sip of your beer, Big Brother hauls you off to jail... By way of the media.
51 posted on 10/12/2012 7:22:51 AM PDT by golux
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To: verum ago

Family story — my father used flat beer to knock me out when I was a teething infant. Apparently I started to develop a taste for the other stuff Dad drank...

One night my parents were invited to my paternal grandparents house for dinner. During the cocktail hour, 3 year old me was wandering around saying “scotch” “scotch” “I want scotch” — my grandpa, operating under your theory, gave me his glass which held bourbon and said, “here Bobby, have some scotch!” Reportedly, I took a swig, got a look of disgust on my face and handed the glass back to my grandad, telling him “Grandpa! That’s not scotch! I want scotch!!!”

My grandmother aksed a very pointed to my father — “How does a 3 year old know the difference between bourbon and scotch?” I still don’t know what the answer to that question.


52 posted on 10/12/2012 7:13:55 PM PDT by L,TOWM (Write in Chuck Norris for POTUS and tell the power brokers to FOAD.)
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To: L,TOWM

Oh, that is funny! [As your dad] I’d say you’d jokingly told you that grape juice is also called scotch and hope that there’s not any grape juice around for grandma to test that explanation with :)

And at least he used flat beer and not the bottle to knock you out.


53 posted on 10/12/2012 7:46:08 PM PDT by verum ago (Some people must truly be in love, for only love can be so blind.)
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